Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-09-30
THE HALIFAX FAIR.


The eighth yearly exhibition of the Hall
fax Agricultural Society came to pass on
Tuesday, Sept. p Once more the society
was blessed with fine weather 1t was
feared by some that changing the date
would be "a damage ON account of it not be-
ing clearly understood bv all which was
the true date ; but the crowd in attendance
was rs large as usual. This is the third
year in the society's history that they have
had good day.
The show on the grounds was fully as
good as on previous years. Nearly IS Jokes
of oxen stood patiently to be gazed at,
poked and punched, and the horse pens
were full. The largest and heaviest yoke
Of oxen was n. ii. Shepardson's Swear old
white oxen, which weighed 1920 pounds.
II. s. Plumb showed some 5-year-olds that
tipped the beam at BIO r.. q. Preston,
5year olds, 1880 Hoyt Ii. Barber of Viii
mington showed pair of 4-year-olds that
weighed 32iO; Israel Stowe u pair, 1888 !;
Bemuel Niles showed pair of 3 year old
steers that weighed $500. A l.. Clark a
pair weighing 1880 Perry Hall and son
pair weighing 2i6O of 2-year- olds l.. NJ
Chase of Nottingham showed pair weigh
ing 3522 X. j. Phillips pair weighing
1850 L. II. Ballou exhibited an odd OK,
years old, of which he has lost the mate,
weighing 1880. The teams exhibited by
sections had three entries, the east part
having II yoke, the river team 10 yoke.
The show of bulls was not large, but
good, however Charles l.. Haven exhib-
| tied his cherry colored western Durham
bull three years old, weight 1880 He
weighed 1860 last year and has lost none of
his fine proportions. He was raised by ].
| NJ. Bassett of Wilmington. Ira Larrabee
| showed Il Hosteiu bull one year old weigh
ins 80 he was nearly all black and was
/ we'll shaped. II. W Barber of Wilmington
/ exhibited ii bull cali spotted red and white
| which showed good Keeping, weighed 43S,
| and was 81 months old G.. l.. Stacey
showed fancy matched pair Of steers,
/ dark cherry in color, that were one year
| old aud weighed 1850 Warner W Stowe
/ had u pair of twin steers 10 months old,
red and white in color that will sometime
make one of our boss yukes. They weighed
/ 1900. G. +. Griffin showed IA pair of !
months old steers, dark cherry and white,
/ that weighed ll2S, Their owner had no
reason To Ice ashamed of them.
The society made II show of horses last
year that wasn't beaten by any fair in the
| county, and we think that this years ex-
/ hiLit will be amply able to stand upon its
own merits Brood mares and colts were
]
| for want of space. X. IL. Faulkner of
! Nottingham had IA gray mare seven years
| old that weighed ll22 The colt following
her. sired by British Jack, was II dark
mouse color and weighed l1S. Luther Ad-
ans showed a mare weighing 1878, and II
sucking colt weighing $50, sired by British
Jack. The colt department was, AS usual,
| brim full Milton Powers showed a three
| years old black colt mo weight given from
IA Black Hawk mare and Victor Hamilton
ian which is going to make a trotter and
will show a 3minute gait now L. Ii. Bal
| lou made "a good exhibit in horses. First
was IA brood mare, weighing 100, with IA
sucker 4! months old weighing 400; a
| 3-years-o old black, weight 9G2 Il 2-years old
black weight $50; and yearling roam,
weight 40 all sired by Victor. We saw
two colts that ought to he owned by one
man the oldest, a ars-old, owned by G..
! Il. Griffin, weighed 1870; the other, a
! 3-years old owned by f. II. Miles, weighed
| 1910. They are roans. both from the same
mare and both sired by the Nedd horse
| Charles Thurber had 3-yenrs-o old colt
dark mouse color that weighed 1914 and
was sired the Richmond horse. Charles L..
/ Donelson Of Coeraine, Mass, showed II
matched pair of 3-years-old black colts
/ sired by the Steele horse, one weighing 954,
the other ga The show Of 2-yeAr olds was
rood Chester Thurher had one, mahogany
color, from British Jack, weight 1000 Les
ter Corse of Nottingham II bay FROM Brit
ish Jack, 1880: Carl Kehl of Colerane,
MISS. "A hay from British Jack, 92O, very
handsome: Geo. II. Phillips of Coleraine,
Mass. a dark sorrel from British Jack, $50;
Horace Smith, a bay from Billy Grandee,
weight 7S4. Alva Fairbanks also showed a
good one, sorrel, 1000 Chas. Stacy bay,
| 012 Royal z. Wilcox showed British
Jack. 1-years-old stallion. The horse is
"A fine looking fellow 10 hands high, of a
dark bay color, weighing l2O2 pounds. lie
was purchased in Montreal by Mr.. Wilcox
in 1884. A large number of his colts are
scattered through Wmdham and Benning-
ton counties of this state aud the northern
tier of towns of Franklin county, Mass
and il would be a hard matter to find an i'll
looking one among them. Several of them
were ON the grounds today and occupied no
inferior position in the exhibit Mr., VIII
cox also showed several of British Jack S
colts. two , year-olds that were very nice ;
one "a sorrel weighing 800, the other ma
hoganv, SO Mr.. Wilcox also had spicy
sorrel 3 years old driving horse that will be
mentioned elsewhere.
There we're but few sheep. Ira L4arrabee
showed pen of store sheep d. e. Tuck
er showed grade Irish smut and south
| down buck, and Almon Ballou showed u
Shropshire 3-years old buck
Perry Hall and son showed their public
spirit by taking the pains to drive Syoke OF
oxen and steers to the grounds, and we are
happv 10 say that they were all good.
The show in the hall was not so exten-
siye as in some previous years, but what
was lacking in quantity was made up IN
quality. There were eight exhibits of seed
corn. r. j. Phillips showed some ensilage
corn which would do 10 hold up Jack S bean
stalk. Although every farmer says he has
no l,otatoes this year, we will tell him where
10 huy his seed next year, for Warren e.
| Niles Daniel :. Wordem, Lawson liough-
ton and David Il. Tucker all showed some
fine tuhers Milton Powers showed some
of the original wild potatoes, and they were
SO Wild he was obliged to keep them con
fined m glass jar. There were but two
exhibitors of peaches, Benjamin Barber
and PhIander Shearer but these by no
means represent all the peaches IN Halifax
ms they are raised all through the town
and We wish that others felt disposed u
show what they can do with this luscious
fruit. The grapes looked timely r. H.